Jenna Deedy
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Just a New England Mando passionate about wildlife, nerd stuff & cosplay! đžâ¨đ Get 20% off @davidsonsteas (https://www.davidsonstea.com/) with code JENNA20-Based in Nashua, NH.
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Big Cat Expert Felicia Frisca Responds to New âTiger Kingâ Controversy.
The Greater Wynnewood Zoo, a road-side big cat facility that was the focus of Netflixâs The Tiger King series, has recently been under investigation by the state of Oklahoma for alleged animal abuse after a series of photos and videos that document the claims were leaked to the public. The evidence to support these claims include photos of lions suffering from skin conditions caused by insects biting their skin off and laying eggs on them. The zoo was once owned by Joe Maldonado-Passage, who is better known to the world as âJoe Exoticâ before all ownership of the facility was turned over to Jeff Lowe and his partner, Lauren.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in Petlife
The Real Queens of Wakanda: A Look into the World of Black Zoo and Aquarium Professionals
The focus of this article and the series that it is a part of will not focus on this matter at all. Instead, it will put a focus on women of color as members of the zoo and aquarium community whose stories, in the light of recent events, should be shared for the world to know and appreciate the experience of people of color who continue to carry on in both good times and in times of uncertainty.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in Journal
The Zoo and Aquarium Community Deserves Better: An Open Letter to All Social Media Outlets
To All Admins of Various Social Media Outlets, I am writing this open to letter to you all to express my concerns about how animal rights extremists are using various social media sites as a platform to conduct cyber attacks on the zoological community and how very little to no action has to been taken to crack down on the admins of the animal rights-based pages that instruct their followers to commit awful acts of cyberbullying since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in Petlife
Why Artificial Animals Can Never Replace In-Person Encounters
Melanie Langlotz, a New Zealand-based tech entrepreneur and vegan helped her Chinese business partner build a lifelike, but creepy looking robotic bottlenose dolphin puppet after they were asked to build a suitable habitat for an aquarium that would house live cetaceans. The puppet, which has a 10-hour battery life and can last in saltwater for a decade, attracted the attention of theme park operators about possible mass production of the puppets after hearing a word about it from volunteers who swam with it. They claim that they were unaware that they were swimming with the puppet, which is a prototype by the way, until they were told the truth.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in Petlife
When Vancouver Aquarium Struggles, PETA Exploits
Six weeks in its closure, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Vancouver Aquarium is financially struggling to care for its sea otters, seals, sea lions, and other animals that call the 64-year-old facility home. The closure did not just mean a loss of revenue of about $3 million a month but also, a loss of about 2,00 visitors who patronize the aquarium each day through animal encounters, admission, behind-the-scene tours, and symbolic animal adoptions.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in Petlife
PETA Breaks The Internet?
While the COVID-19 Pandemic has forced many zoos and aquariums to stay closed to the public until it is contained, many animal care professionals continue to care for the animals that call these facilities âhomeâ. They often update people on how the animals are doing, share some facts about their natural history, and even demonstrating how they care for them through husbandry and training sessions. While many are praising these people as âheroesâ to both people and animals alike, there are some who donât see it like that at all.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in Petlife
The Cult of Carole Baskin: How the âTiger Kingâ Affects Modern Zoos and Aquariums
The seven-part Netflix series âThe Tiger Kingâ was a true hit among the binge-watchers who were looking for something to take their mind off the âCOVID-19 Pandemic. It also exploited the questionable animal welfare and business practices of the Tampa Bay-based Big Cat Rescue (BRC), which is a poorly-managed zoo that animal rights extremists have greenwashed as Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries-accredited sanctuary (Kroiss 2020).
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in Petlife
Life-Long Tiger Trainer Speaks Out in the Light of the âTiger Kingâ
With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing both families and communities alike from around the world to stay home, and cancel all major plans until it is okay to resume normal life, it is no arguing that it has allowed people to do all sorts of activities at home with their loved ones like playing video games, watching movies, baking, cooking, doing some arts and crafts, and of course, binge whatever show is on either Netflix or Disney+ which brings me to my next subject, a little docuseries on Netflix called The Tiger King.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in Petlife
Activist-Turned-Politician Behind Connecticutâs Failed Anti-Zoo Law Exposed
There is no arguing that a little bill known as âCT-5341â, which was aimed at banning the keeping of cetaceans in zoological facilities in the state of Connecticut, died attempting to make it onto the stateâs Environmental Committeeâs Agenda. While the bill did get the usual praise from various animal rights groups and extremists like any new proposed anti-zoo law would it got more opposition from concerned scientists and zoo professionals who called it out for having the potential to slow down any conservation efforts that require access to resident animals living in zoological settings.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in The Swamp
Connecticut Proves That Science Can Win Legal Battles
A bill that was aimed at banning the keeping of cetaceans in zoological facilities in Connecticut failed to make it onto the stateâs Environmental Committeeâs Agenda and will likely remain dead for the rest of the year. The bill, dubbed âCT-5341â, would have banned Connecticut-based zoos and aquariums from keeping cetacean species such as beluga whales, dolphins, and orcas for any given purpose in favor of more âethicalâ practices.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in The Swamp
Meet Gulf Worldâs Rough-Tooth Dolphin Family
Although there are a few facilities that house rough-tooth dolphins(many of them are based in Asia), there is only one facility in North America that currently houses an entire pod of these little-known offshore mammals and that facility is known as Gulf World in Panama City, Florida. In fact, they are currently the only known zoological facility in the entire western world to house a resident pod in its care. Currently, Gulf World has six of these still-little known marine mammals, who were all rescued, rehabilitated, but were all deemed to be non-releasable by the US government for various reasons. In addition, they work with a group of researchers from the Rough-Tooth Project, who are trying to determine if the species, like the bottlenose dolphins, have a signature whistle of their very own.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in Petlife
